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Valve Inspector Salary
in Hightstown, New Jersey

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$58,153 (USD)

Average Salary

$28/hr

Average Hourly

$896

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Valve Inspector is $58,153 a year and $28 an hour in Hightstown, New Jersey, United States. The average salary range for a Valve Inspector is between $42,452 and $69,435. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Hightstown, New Jersey.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$65,321
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Hightstown, New Jersey

Hightstown Cost of Living Score:

Description: Hightstown is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Nestled within the Raritan Valley region, Hightstown is an historic, commercial, and cultural hub of Central New Jersey, along with being a diverse outer-ring commuter suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,900, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 406 (+7.4%) from the 5,494 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 278 (+5.3%) from the 5,216 counted in the 2000 census. Hightstown was incorporated as a borough by...
Description:
  • Rebuilds safety and flow valves used on compressed and liquefied gas cylinders, drums, or railway cars: disassembles valve, using bench vise and handtools.
  • Inspects components for surface flaws, and defects in stem and threads.
  • Reams valve seats with hand reamer and dresses threads with tap and die.
  • Immerses parts in cleaning solution and reassembles valve.
  • Dips valve in molten lead, using tongs, to prevent leakage.
  • Attaches valve and fusible plug to high-pressure gasline, submerges it in water, and observes for bubbles to test valve and plug for leaks.
  • Melts out defective plugs, scrapes hole clean, and pours in new metal.
  • Records number of valves tested and test results.
  • May attach gauge and open air valve to test filled cylinders for pressure.
  • May brush or spray chemical solution around valves to test filled cylinders for leaks.
  • May fill cylinders cylinder filler.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Valve Inspector is $58,153 a year and $28 an hour in Hightstown, New Jersey, United States. The average salary range for a Valve Inspector is between $42,452 and $69,435. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Hightstown, New Jersey.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Valve Inspector Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

Job family population: 47,780

Estimated population of Valve Inspector jobs: 1,271

Rate of error: 1.8%

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Hightstown Cost of Living Score:

Description: Hightstown is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Nestled within the Raritan Valley region, Hightstown is an historic, commercial, and cultural hub of Central New Jersey, along with being a diverse outer-ring commuter suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,900, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 406 (+7.4%) from the 5,494 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 278 (+5.3%) from the 5,216 counted in the 2000 census. Hightstown was incorporated as a borough by...
Description:
  • Rebuilds safety and flow valves used on compressed and liquefied gas cylinders, drums, or railway cars: disassembles valve, using bench vise and handtools.
  • Inspects components for surface flaws, and defects in stem and threads.
  • Reams valve seats with hand reamer and dresses threads with tap and die.
  • Immerses parts in cleaning solution and reassembles valve.
  • Dips valve in molten lead, using tongs, to prevent leakage.
  • Attaches valve and fusible plug to high-pressure gasline, submerges it in water, and observes for bubbles to test valve and plug for leaks.
  • Melts out defective plugs, scrapes hole clean, and pours in new metal.
  • Records number of valves tested and test results.
  • May attach gauge and open air valve to test filled cylinders for pressure.
  • May brush or spray chemical solution around valves to test filled cylinders for leaks.
  • May fill cylinders cylinder filler.
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